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Summary of interview item: Recalls early life, family and schooldays. Describes in considerable detail his working life as a miner, first in mine office at Ibstock pit and then down the mine as a pony boy, eventually becoming a deputy. Very graphic account of mining at the pit face and the conditions for miners and ponies. Account includes details of accidents, food, sanitation, ventilation, lighting, wages and the mechanics of mining coal. Also talks about labour relations, 1914, 1918 and 1926 strikes, mechanisation and Nationalisation, and Bevin boys. Talks about retirement ( retired in 1963) and leisure pursuits such as dancing and bowls.Place of birth: Ibstock, LeicestershireEducation: Ibstock Infants, Ibstock Church of England school,Marital Status: Married, Children: Son: 1Father's Occupation: MinerMother's Occupation: Domestic serviceLocation: County: LeicestershireLocation: Town/Place: Ibstock, EllistownPeriods Covered: 1910s,1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960sLanguage: English